How To Adapt/Use in our Individual Classrooms

Icebreaker activity
Focus on images in poetry
Research in rationale clearly informs teaching
Whole class poem, table groups and build lines together
Round robin style tix out the door
Imagery box—one text or year’s worth of text for reflection. Allusions, cultural literacy
Use to encourage more creativity during revision of other pieces.
Apply to “mandated” texts
Enrichment activity for kids who have extra time in class

How to Modify Lesson for Presentation to Teachers

Use read aloud with picture books
Model parts of the lesson (e.g., annotating poems, creating lines with images)
Provide explicit examples of goal/end product
Show a content area application/text
Moved quickly, slow pace
Clarify gaps about how the lesson looks in your classroom (switch roles presenting from teacher to commentator)
Provide clear agenda of activities/steps